Hot Docs Jots

This new monthly series (Part 2 of 3) illuminates some of the mysteries associated with budgeting. This is not a step-by step guide, as each film and budget is unique and dependent on numerous variables, but rather, an overview that helps you…

For the last 18 years, imagineNATIVE has been a touchstone for the Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities when discussions about of representation or lack of proper engagement with Indigenous people in film and media art arises. Reflections on…

It was around this time last year that I began preparing my application for the Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund development grant. At the time, I was cautiously optimistic. I knew that I had a solid story, but I was also aware that…

This new monthly series (Part 1 of 3) illuminates some of the mysteries associated with budgeting. This is not a step-by step guide, as each film and budget is unique and dependent on numerous variables, but rather, an overview that helps you…

It is with a pang of sadness that we say farewell for another year to all the delegates who joined us at Hot Docs 2017. It all went by too fast. Thank you for making this edition of Hot Docs our best ever!

Hot Docs: What was it about the Rainey family that inspired you to follow them, and continued to inspire you for a decade?
Jonathan Olshefski: In 2006, I was teaching a photography class in North Philly and one of my students told me about the…

Hot Docs: What does it mean to direct such a personal story, and what does that practice look like?
Hope Litoff: It was very difficult, probably more difficult than I ever expected it to be. I was really lucky to have Beth; cinematographer Dan…